Cigar-machine.



O. 13R`EISSLBRV & A'. FRITZ.

GIGARIMACHINE. APPLIQATION FILED MAR. 27, 1913.

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0. PREISSLBR & A. FRITZ.

GIGAR MACHINE.

'APPL'IOATIQN FILED MAR. 27. 1913.

1,079,581, Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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Be it known that we, O'rro PREISSLER and ANTON FRITZ,

lsubjects of the German Em respectively, at Grossauheim, near Hanau, and Darmstadt, both in Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

rlhe inventionrelates to machines for making cigars and cigar fillers,` the novel features of which reside more particularly`- in the apparatus for feeding, arranging, and pressing the broken tobacco leaves, of which the fillers are formed, prior` to delivery thereof to the wrapping mechanism,

The invention is illustrated i`n the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the Fig. 2 is a section on the line A-B of Fig. 1, drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 3 is alperspective view of a detail, and Figs. l and 5 are views, to a larger scale, of the preliminary molding device and the final molding' device respectively. I

Fragments of tobacco leaf pass from the mixing table into the hopper 1, in which they are slightly agitated by a reciprocating slide 2, the broken leaves then dropping onto an endless conveyer band or apron 3, the upper indicated by an arrow in Fig. 1, toward a vertically moving apron 4. Between the said there is anarrow space through which the leaves are moved for the purposeofl spreading them. Each of the aprons 3 and 4 travels at one end over a squared roller, .so that the aprons havea somewhatjerky movement, which is found to improve the work. The aprons are slightly elastlc, so that they retain close contact with the squared rollers inthe course of the rotation of the latter.

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Underneath the aprons 3, 4 there is ar. ranged a conveyer band 5 moving as indicated in Fig. 1 by an arrow, this conveyer being provided on its face with bars (Lof triangulary cross section whereby V-shaped grooves are formed which extend across the band transversely to the direction of travel of thesame. After having passed between the aprons 3, 4, the tobacco leaves fall into the said grooves formed on the band 5.

Mounted above the front or dellvery end ofthe' conveyer band 5 there is a positively driven fan 7, the vanes'of'wvhich sweep in ose proximity to the bars 6, and by the Specification of Letters Patent. Application le March 27, 1913.

released by the aprons 3 and 4 stamp 10 has, been raised 'of the rotation of the star-fwheel vba'cco as may '203 is cutoil" and also ano Patented Nov. 25, 1913. serial No. 757,216.

draft which they create blow the leaves pro- ]ectlng above the bar ridges into the V- shaped grooves. Those leaves which the fan 7 fails to blow into the groovesjare caught by the bladeswhen passing underneath-the fan,-'and are thus thrust into the grooves. The leaves thn drop oli" the band 5 onto an endlessvco-nveyer band 8 which feeds them to' the preliminary molding device. The band 8 has its delivery end in a slot in the guide 9 of a stamp 10, the latter being raisedl at intervals by lmeans of levers 12 actuated by a cam 11. The stamp 10 is loaded Vwith a weight 13, which, when theraised stamp is cam 11, forces it down by gravity.

Underneath the stamp there is a drum or star wheel 16- which is intermittently rol tated by drivers 14"y on a disk 14:, the drivers being adapted to enter slots ,in a Maltese cross 15, which is lixed to the same shaft as the star wheel 16, so that at every revolution of the disk 14 Athe star-wheel is rotated through 90. The star wheel 16is provided with four primary 4molds 19. Over such mold 19 there are arranged'two slides 20, 20,

the slide 2O being actuated by a lever 21 and the slide 20a by a lever 22. The said levers 21, 22 are connected with one another by gears 23, so that they rock in oppositedirections. The lever 21 has an arm 24 provided 'at its end with a roller, which rides over an abutment 25 when the star wheel 16 rotates, whereby the levers 21, 22 are rocked so that the slides 20 and 20, are moved apart, this occurring when the mold under the slides is in its uppermost position, underneath the stamp 10. The stamp then descends and the tobacco. leaves fed forward by the conveyer band 8 are pressed into the mold. Whei the again the starwheel 16 is rotated through 90, whereby the arm 24 is removed from the abutment 25, and the slides are moved over the mold by the action of a spring 26, so that they. retain the tobacco vin the mold. In the course such toproject between the slides 20, y a continuously rotating circular knife 27, the latter being drivenby bevel gearing 28.. The severed pieces of tobacco are suc ed into a pipe 29. llhe latter, r suction pipe 30, the intake end of which terminates at the lower end of the guide for the stamp 10, are conne'ctedto 110.

. 42 are retracted by a spring 41d.

a pipe 31 leading to an exhaust fan 32. To prevent the sucked particles of tobacco from entering the exhaustfan 32, and direct them onto the eonveyer'band 5, a grid 33 with a slide 34 behind it is arranged inside the suction pipe 31. Immediately in front of the grid 33there is arranged a conduit 35, and branching olf from the pipe 31 behind the grid 33 there is a pipe 36 through which air can be sucked.

The slide 34 is arranged so that when it is moved to cover the grid and close the suction pipe 31 to the pipes 29 and 30, the branch pipe 36 is open, whereas when the slide exposes the` grid so that the exhaust fan can suck through the pipes 29, 30, the pipe 36 is closed by thev slide. case the. particles through the pipes 29 and 30 up to the grid 33, where they are retained by the suction. When the slide is moved so as to cover the grid the fan sucks through the pipe 36, with the result that the tobacco drops down the pipe35. Upon further rotation ofthe starswheel 16 the mold which .has passed the knife 27 is movedV to its lowest position, in which it v discharges the pressed tobacco leaves into the final molding device 37. To allow the pressed tobacco, which is now a filler, to drop out of the mold, the slides 20, must be moved apart again. For this purpose the roller on the arm 24 rides on to an abutment a. yIn order to insure thatv the filler is vdischarged from its mold in the proper position, the base of each mold is formed by a sliding plunger 38, which is connected by va pin 40 with a double armed lever 41. When the mold arrives at its lowest position, the arm 41 of the lever 41 is raised by means of levers 42 actuated by a cam 43, so that the arm 41h of the lever rocks downward and depresses the plunger 38, as shown' in Fig. 4. The plunger is then raised again by a spring 41, and the levers The nal molding device comprises rollers 45, 46,

. which are mounted between plates 47, 48,

In the latter of tobacco are sucked' vtravel upward toward the said rollers.

of levers 55 actuated by a spring loaded 6 lever 53. The latter is adapted to be used as a treadle, or is automatically actuated by' a cam 54.

After the release of the lever 53 by the foot or cam, the plates 47, 48 with the rollers 45, 46 are rocked toward each other by the spring action, with the filler between the rollers, and the latter perform the second molding operation. After the completion of this operation the slides 51, 52, with the plates and rollers, are pulled apart as shown in Fig. 5, this being effected by means of a train of levers 58 actuated by a lever 56. The latter is used as a treadle, or is actuated by a cam 57. The filler then drops into one of the finishing molds 59. The bi-partite molds 59 are carried by supports 61 on an endless conveyer 60, the rear member of each mold being slidable and `abutting against the arm 62a of a bell-crank 62 pivoted to the support 61. The other arm 62b of the bellcrank projects over the conveyer G0, and lies close to the same, so that when the conveyer is straight the bell-crank cannot rock and allow the slidable mold member to move away from the ixed member. The rollers 45, 46 are disposed above a sprocket 60a round which the molds 59 on the conveyer n the course of this upward travel the conveyer, bent on the circumference of the sprocket, allows the bell-crank arm 62b to `drop, so that the movable mold-member can slide away from the fixed member, whereby the mold is opened to receive the filler. When the conveyer is straightened out again, after leaving the sprocket, it rocks the bell crank and thereby closes the finishing mold, with the filler therein.

That we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a cigar machine the combination of a hopper, a traveling apron in said hopper, a second traveling apron perpendicular to the irst-mentioned apron, arranged with a small clearance between said aprons, an

three on each side 'of a vertical passage, the three rollers oneach side being geared with each other` by pinions 49. The central pinions are driven by belts and pulleys 50.

The spindles of the lower pinions are mounted in slides 51, 52, and also form pivots for the plates 47 and 48, so that the latter, carrying the rollers, are capable of rockin as shown in Fig. 1,. to enable the filler orced out of the primary mold to drop between the rollers and 46. Binders may be applied by means of these rollers 45, 46, or the application of the binders may take place outside the machine, after the llershave been finally shaped by the. finishin Y`'molds to be described hereinafter. The rocIiing movement is eected by means endless conveyer band below said aprons, a series of transverse bars of triangular crosssection fixed to said band to form V-shaped grooves thereon, a series of traveling molds arranged to consecutively receive tobacco from said conveyer, and a plunger arranged to press tobacco delivered by said conveyer into said molds.

2. In a cigar machine the combination of a hopper, atraveling apron in said hopper, a second'traveling apron perpendicular to the first-mentioned apron, arranged with a small clearance between said aprons, an endless conveyer band below said aprons, a series of transverse bars of triangular crosssection iixed to said band to form V-shaped Hammam@ consecutively, and a grooves l thereon,

2a tatable carrier whereb 50 of the mold-path, and a grooves thereon, a fan-wheel having vanes sweeping over said transverse bars, a series of traveling molds, means for delivering tobacco from said conveyer to said-molds plungerv for pressing tobacco into said molds.

3. In a cigar machine the combination' of a hopper, a travelingapron in said hopper, a second traveling apron perpendicular to 10 the first-mentioned apron, arranged, with a small clearance between said aprons, an endless conveyer band below said aprons, a series of transverse bars of triangular cross` section fixed to said band to form V-shaped a ian-wheel having vanes sweeping over said transverse bars, a series of traveling molds, means for delivering ltobacco from said conveyer to said molds consecutively, a weighted plunger for pressing tobacco into said molds, and means for alternately raising and dropping said plun' er. g 4. In a cigar machine the combination 'of conveyer mechanism, a series of molds, a rosaid molds are car# ried in a circular pat about a horizontal axis and are consecutively moved to a`posi- 'tion at the top of said pathto receive,v to.- bacco from said conveyer mechanism, a-

plunger arranged to press tobacco delivered by said conveyer mechanism into said molds, movable mold-covers, and means whereby said covers are temporaril withdrawn from said molds at the top andy at the bottom of the mold-path.

5. In a .cigar machine the combination 'of conveyer mechanism, a series of molds, a rotatable carrier whereby said molds are c arried in a circular path about a horizontal 40 axis and are consecutively moved to a position -at the top of said path to receive tobacco from said conveyer mechanism, a plunger arranged to press tobacco delivered by said conveyer mechanism intosaid molds,

on each of said' molds two slide-covers, ar-

ranged to close the mold-orifice by moving toward each other, means whereby said covers are temporarily withdrawn from the respective molds at the top and at the bottom lmife adjacent said mold-path for cutting away tobacco projecting from said molds between the meeting edges of said slide-covers.

6. In a cigar machine the combination of conveyer mechanism, a series of molds, a'rotatable carrier whereby said molds are carried in a circular path about a horizontal axis and are consecutively moved to a position at the top of said path to receive tobacco from said conveyer mechanism, a.

plunger arranged to press tobacco delivered by said conveyer mechanism into said molds, Aon each of said molds two slide-covers, arranged to close the mold-orice by moving vmolds, a knife for tom ofl the mold-path, and a circular knife rotating adjacent said mold-path for cutting away tobacco projecting from said molds .between the meeting edges of said slide-covers.

7. In a cigar machine the combination of conveyer mechanism, a series of molds, a rotatable, carrier whereby said molds are carried in a'circula'r path about a horizontal axis and are consecutively moved to a position at thetop of said path to receive tobacco from said conveyer mechanism; a plunger arranged to press tobacco delivered by said conveyer mechanism into said molds, movable mold-covers,` means whereby said covers are temporarily lwithdrawn from said molds at the top and at the bottom of the mold-path, ejecting plungers in said molds, and -means whereby said ejecting plungers are actuated on arrival at the bottom of the mold-path. .f

8. In a cigar machine the combination of conveyer| mechanism, a series of molds, a rotatable carrier whereby said molds are carried in av circular path about a horizontal axis and are4 consecutively moved to a position atvthe top of said path to receive tobacco from said conveyer mechanism, a plunger arranged to press tobacco 'delivered by said conveyer mechanisminto said molds, movable mold-covers, lvers carried by said `carrier for withdrawing said covers from said molds, and fixed abutments in the path of said levers, whereby. the latter are actuated` for withdrawing the covers at the top and lat thebottom of thc mold-path.

9. In a cigar-machine the combination of conveyer mechanism,- a series of traveling molds arranged to consecutively receive tobacco from, said conveyer mechanism,` a plunger arranged to press tobacco delivered by said conveyer mechanismv intosaid molds, a conduit having "an intake orifice adjacent the operative positionof said plunger, a suction conduit joinedto the rstmentioned conduit, a grid at the junction of said conduits, a branch conduit joined to said suction conduit adjacent said grid and terminating over said conveyer mechanism, and a slide for covering said grid.

10. In a cigar-machine the combination of conveyer mechanism, a series of traveling molds arranged to consecutively receive tobacco from said conveyer mechanism, a plunger arranged to press tobacco delivered by said conveyer mechanism into said cutting away tobacco projecting from said molds, a conduit hav ing an intake orifice adjacent the edge of sald knife, a suction conduit joined to the first-mentioned conduit, a grid at the junction of said conduits, a branch conduit -joined to said suction conduit adjacent the grid and terminating over said conveyer mechanism, and a slide for covering said grid.

11. In a, cigar-machine the combination of conveyer mechanism, a series of primary traveling molds arranged to consecutively receive tobacco from said conveyer mechanism, a plunger arranged to press tobacco delivered by said conveyer mechanism into said primary molds, means for ejecting tobacco from said primary vmolds, two vertical series of. horizontal parallel rollers, pivoted bearings for the said two series of rollers, means for rockingsaid bearings whereby the two series of rollers are. moved apart at the top for admitting ing in an delivered by said conveyer mechanism into said primary molds, means for ejecting tobacco from saidprimary molds, an endless conveyer, a series ofl mold-supports on said conveyer, bi-partite finishing molds on said mold-supports,- each of said finishing molds comprising a member fixed to its support `and `a mem-ber slidable on said support, and

on each of said mold-supports a pivoted bellcrank whereof one arm abuts against the lslidable mold-member and the other arm trails on the conveyer, said conveyer travelupward direction around a curve whereby the bell-crank is enabled to rock and allow the slidable mold-member to move away from the fixed mold member.

In witness whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two wit- OTTO PREISSLER.

ANTON FRITZ. "Witnesses as to Otto Preissler:

JEAN GRUND,

CARL GRUND. Witnesses as to Anton Fritz:

HENRY I-IAsrEn,

WoLnnMAn HAUPT.

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